the phone hasn't stopped ringing all afternoonel teléfono no ha dejado de sonar toda la tarde;he can't come to the phone just nowahora no puede ponerse or venir al teléfono

two minutes later the phone rangshe picked up the phone, and began to dial Maurice Campbell's numbertrembling, she put the phone downI'm scared to answer the phonehe let the phone ring an even dozen times before giving upshe handed the phone backMrs Howes took the phone from her

by phonepor teléfono

they all keep in touch by phoneorders placed by phonethese problems can be dealt with by phonewe have heard from her by phone a couple of timesyou can shop either by phone or by home computerwhether your interview is in person or by phonethe research team could offer advice by phonehe is joining us by phone from his office in Californiathe two presidents spoke by phone today

to get off the phonecolgar (el teléfono)

it was half an hour before I managed to get off the phoneI must get off the phoneI must get off the phone, I think my mother has calls to makelisten, dad, I've got to get off the phone

to be on the phone(Britain)(have a telephone)tener teléfono;(be in conversation)estar hablando por teléfono

she told me on the phone about the accidentthe person I'd been talking to on the phonewe talked on the phone every dayI was talking on the phone and you interrupted meto [get] on the phone (to sb)get on the phone and ask Ferguson to come up hereso we got on the phone and a compromise was suggested[over] the phone

I can't talk about it over the phoneno puedo hablar de ello por teléfono

most of the advisory work is carried out over the phoneNET can solve most customer problems over the phoneGleacher noticed the aerial of a portable phone protruding from Jim Robinson's tuxedo pockethe stalks the corridors of Westminster carrying a portable phonethe deal was done by portable phone while he was sitting in his car

public phoneteléfono (m) público

we were 20 miles from the nearest public phoneyou can call from the public phone across the street

all you need to do to get your free alarm is phone 0891 500 112claim your prize by phoning our hotlineI phone a contact number and leave a message

intransitive verb

llamar por teléfono; (por teléfono)

she phoned to say she would be latellamó para decir que llegaría tarde

he's going to phone again tomorrowHarland phoned to tell me what time the bus was dueI'm sure he'll phone laterthe other boy must have phoned for the ambulance

shall I phone for a taxi?¿llamo a un taxi?;¿quieres que llame a or pida un taxi?

I waited for her to phone

modifier

phone bill (n)cuenta (f) del teléfono;factura (f) del teléfono

he ran up a £240 phone billgastó 240 libras de teléfono

he ran up a £240 phone bill in two daysmillions of customers will get cheaper phone billshe couldn't pay his phone bill

phone book (n)guía (f) (telefónica)

she's not in the phone booksu número no viene en la guía

I took the liberty of looking you up in the phone bookwe got your name and address from the phone booklook in the phone book under Senior Citizens' Centersthe nearest branch will be listed in your phone book

phone booth (n)cabina (f) (telefónica)

he went into the bar and found a phone booth to call Smithhe called Ferguson from a phone booth in the foyera phone booth in the sixth-floor ladies' room of a departmnet storeshe walks down to the phone booth outside of Amos's storeI called the clinic from a corner phone booth

phone box (n)(Britain)cabina (f) (telefónica)

there was a phone box outside the post officeI'm calling from a phone boxevery phone box in Selly Oak had been vandalized

phone call (n)llamada (f) (telefónica)

there's a phone call for youtienes una llamada (telefónica)

we have received numerous phone calls complaining about the decisionall week there had been phone calls back and forth between Ingrid and her childrena few hours later I got a phone call from Montrealwhat should you do when you get an obscene phone call?his girlfriend revealed in a phone-call that she was pregnanthe suggested that the summit meeting be moved to Moscow during a phone call to President Bush

to make a phone callhacer una llamada (telefónica)

you're allowed to make a phone call to a lawyerI must go and make a phone callHugh stopped to make a phone callright now I'm going to make some phone calls

his voice strained over the phone linethere was a momentary silence on the phone linebanks should set up special phone lines to deal with clients' complaintsWhite House phone lines have been totally jammed with callsmany phone lines have been cut and roads are blockedall of the phone lines to Baghdad are down

phone number (n)número (m) de teléfono

put your name, address, and phone number at the topcould you give me Frau Doring's address and phone number?I think you've given me the wrong phone number

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